Sachet



Jan. 15, 1935. M. A. SCHALLER 1,988,141

SACHET Filed May 8; 1935 182 if i L 3 2 1 l INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented .lan. 15, 1935 UNlTED STATES SACHET Maurice Albert Schaller, Paris,

France, assigner to Gay T. Gibson, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 8, 1

In France 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in sachets, and particularly to the provision of a non-leakable liquid sachet.

A further object is to provide such a sachet containing a greatly increased proportion of active fragrant material.

Another object is to provide a sachet having an immediate very intense and long-lasting perfuming effect.

A further object is to provide a sachet which can readily and instantly be renewed and brought again to its full original effectiveness.

Another object is to provide a sachet which is proof against the hatching and/or development of moths therein, and in which the fragrant material itself serves to prevent and inhibit the hatching and/or development of moths.

A still further object of the invention is to provide certain improvements in the form, construction, materials and arrangement of the various parts whereby the above named and other objects may be eifectively obtained.

The ordinary dry sachets comprising a powder-proof cloth bag or envelope filled with fragrant powdered material have been known and used for many years, but they have proven to be inconvenient and objectionable in several respects. In the first place the powders used include actually only a very small quantity of active fragrant material. being tightly enclosed in a powder-proof bag or envelope is necessarily prevented thereby from having more than a rather faint and weak perfuming effect. And further, some such dry materials, especially dessicated flowers and the like, cause and/or promote the hatching and/or development of moths within the sachet itself.

In order to obviate these difliculties and to attain the objects above set forth the present invention includes a metal container, a body of porous material therein and a quantity of fragrant liquid material permeating and retained by the porous material.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 represents a top plan view of the sachet,

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3 represents a vertical section taken along the line III-III of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

As shown in the drawing, the metal container includes a bottom portion 1 having side wall 2, and a cover portion 3 having depending flanges 4 arranged to fit snugly about the upper part Secondly, the material 933, Serial No. 669,931

May 26, 1932 of the side wall 2 and to be retained thereon by frictional engagement therewith. The upper part of the side wall 2 is shown as tapering very slightly inward toward the top in order to facilitate application of the cover, and the flanges 4 5 are shown as flaring slightly outward to correspond with the taper just mentioned. So as to insure a sufficiently strong frictional engagement between the parts the upper part of the side wall 2 may be deformed outwardly at one or more points to form a lug 5, adapted to press against the depending flange 4 when the cover is in place. The cover portion 3 is provided with openings 6 which may be arranged in any selected manner, whether making an ornamental design or not. Within the bottom portion 1 is fitted a pad 7 or the like of porous liquid-retaining material, such as felt, this pad having preferably a large exposed upper surface area as well as suiflcient thickness to retain the desired quantity of fragrant liquid material. To insure the pad being maintained in position the lower part of the side wall 2 may be provided with a bead 8, or the like, adapted to engage the outer edge of the pad.

In use, the container is opened, a quantity of some relatively pure fragrant essential oil, such as lavender, is poured on to the pad and allowed to soak therein, and the container is closed by reapplication of the cover. The container and contents may then be placed wherever desired and it will function as a sachet until the fragrant material has entirely evaporated, when a fresh supply may be added in the manner just described.

It has been found that a sachet of this character can contain fifty to one hundred times as much active fragrant material as can be provided in a dry powder sachet of the same size, this being due to the possibility of using relatively pure 40 fragrant essential oils in a liquid state, and the large exposed surface of the absorbent pad permits evaporation of the fragrant material at its full effective rate from the very start. A further advantage resides in the fact that the liquid materials used in the sachet make it proof against the hatching and/or development of moths therein.

While reference has been made particularly to relatively pure fragrant essential oils it will be understood that the sachet would be eifective if used with any pure and natural essential oils or other similar compositions, with any suitable artificial or synthetic material, or with any aromatic antiseptic.

It is evident also that various changes may be resorted to in the construction, form, material and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and hence I do not intend to be limited to the particular embodiment herein shown and described, but

What I claim is:

l. A device of the character described comprising, a hollow fiat container having top and bottom portions, the top portion being provided with openings, the bottom portion being an imperfora-te cup-like member, a pad of absorbent material in said bottom portion and spaced from said openings, and pad-positioning means on said container spaced from the surface of said pad nearest the openings on said top portion.

2. A device of the character described com prising, a hollow container bottom portion having an enlarged cross section proximate to its base, a hollow container cover portion convex on its top and adapted to be removably secured to said bottom portion and provided on its top With a plurality of openings, a body of liquidretaining material occupying the enlarged cross section proximate to the base of said container bottom portion and extending only part way up to the openings in said container cover portion.

MAURICE ALBERT SCI-IALLER. 

